Ipython: IPython should follow the XDG Base Directory spec for configuration
Original Launchpad bug 409277: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ipython/+bug/409277
Reported by: bernd-sch (Bernd Schlapsi).
Could IPython please follow the XDG Base Directory Specification for the configuration/data directory on linux.
more infos here:
- http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html
- http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pyxdg
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LittleDetails#Use%20XDG%20folders
I am using:
python 2.6.2
ipython 0.9.1
Ubuntu 9.04 with latest updates
ipython
All 3 comments
[ LP comment 1 by: Brian Granger, on 2010-01-04 00:34:36.662458+00:00 ]
We definitely need to look at this as we have recently refactored our config system.
ipython
on 10 May 2010
use XDG_CONFIG_HOME if available
priority is:
$XDG/ipython if both or neither exist
$HOME/.ipython if it exists and $XDG/ipython does not exist
closed by c1c2a7104aa859c980e0d0506429c0cfab3766ce
closed by c1c2a7104aa859c980e0d0506429c0cfab3766ce
minrk
on 23 Feb 2011
we are reverting this in IPython 2.0 and dropping support for XDG. See PR #4457
ivanov
on 31 Oct 2013
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